he survived the poisoning but later lost the election. or at least it seemed like he did before his supporters took to to the streets. day after day they marched on this square saying the election was rigged and they wore orange scarves and flags because org was his campaign color. in the end they wochbl it forced a new presidential election and when the votes were counted, it turns out the poisoned guy won. that was known as the orange revolution because of the sea of orange-clad protesters that filled the streets in ukraine. that was 2004. the guy who was ultimately declared the winner of the election, the poisoned guy. he was a pro--western politician. running against anti-western guy. an ally of vladimir putten pushing for closer ties with russia. the pro putin guy has managed to become president of the ukraine and now the pendulum is swinging back and rather fast. this is fascinating. last month, the pro--putin guy, the president of ukraine now, decided to reject an agreement that would have brought his country closer to the european